T&G done

I admire your thoughtful persistence! The wagon is progressing beautifully.

It was worth the effort . I think it is a very special detail and it looks great.

I just saw this pic first and read the process for the finished look and I wasn’t quite understanding.  So I went and looked through all the pics and now I see the ordeal you had to go through(the unpainted pieces helped me understand).  Outstanding job!  I had to do some embossing for one of my projects and I did not like it so I know the pain you speak of. 

It's fun watching your progress, thanks for all of the pictures. I've never seen one of these put together before, and I'm sure it will be helpful to anyone else building one. 

8 hours ago, KathieB said:

I admire your thoughtful persistence! The wagon is progressing beautifully.

Thanks Kathie!  Hubby helped me understand the undercarriage last night because I was freaking out that after adding the T&G the chicken coops hang down lower than the base of the wagon.  As I have poured over other pics of this wagon completed I couldn't figure out what I'd missed!  Now that we see how the undercarriage works, a piece of that backs the coops.  Whew! 

 

4 hours ago, NellBell said:

It was worth the effort . I think it is a very special detail and it looks great.

Thank you!  Yes - after looking at all the wagons done, I much prefer those with the T&G which are more authentic, than those without.  So I knew I wanted to add it - and I do think it was right to build the wagon before adding the T&G.  It should be pretty easy to hide the rough edges.

3 hours ago, Keifer said:

I just saw this pic first and read the process for the finished look and I wasn’t quite understanding.  So I went and looked through all the pics and now I see the ordeal you had to go through(the unpainted pieces helped me understand).  Outstanding job!  I had to do some embossing for one of my projects and I did not like it so I know the pain you speak of. 

Yep - all a learning curve!  I think I'd better get a stash of 1.5mm (1/24) basswood in - just in case!  It was so much easier to work with.  I did buy a new Fiskars toolset which has a carving blade in it which helped but I only bought it in time to help with the last piece!  Glad you could see what I was doing with the pics - that was my hope!

3 hours ago, WyckedWood said:

It's fun watching your progress, thanks for all of the pictures. I've never seen one of these put together before, and I'm sure it will be helpful to anyone else building one. 

I'm certainly hoping it can help others in future.  Certainly I figure things easier by looking at pictures - but it's good to be able to see and understand peoples failures as much as their successes!